
A collection of Maritime Self-Defense Force recipes, including those for about 200 Japanese, Western and Chinese dishes, will be gradually released on the MSDF's Web site starting this year...One MSDF tradition is for crew members at sea, who tend not to keep track of the days, to eat curry rice on the weekend to remind them what day it is...The MSDF came up with the idea of releasing its recipes on the Internet as a way of improving its image, which has been tarnished by the leaking of sensitive information and other irregularities...An official of the Maritime Staff Office's public relations office said it would be good if dishes made by the public based on the recipes helped start up conversations about the MSDF over dinner...more...